This course prepares students to critically re-evaluate, strengthen, and argue their positions on matters related to the control of sex and reproduction. It allows students to focus on an array of issues related to fertility and its regulation among those who can become pregnant, and to use multiple frameworks--public health science, law, racism and oppression in the social history of fertility control, religion and politics--to identify their values and frame and argue their positions for purposes of advocacy. The course begins with an overview of the social and political history of fertility control and current reproductive health services and policies, and proceeds to hands-on conversations with a panel of advocates from diverse organizations, and a state house visit. We then examine debates at the state and national levels in preparation for advocacy skill-building and practice, such as developing fact sheets, designing advocacy strategies, and creating products for advocacy organization.

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